Hold onto your seats, food fans - we have a lot of grub to get through …

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Where is it and what’s it like?

You’ll find Romans just round the corner from the Merchant City Steak, Cattle & Roll, on Candleriggs. The place is fairly simple, with big windows looking out onto the Merchant City and an industrial bar lining one wall. With the sun out (for a change) on our visit, we squeezed into Romans’ small outdoor seating area and watched the world go by, hoping they were judging us too much for the amount of pizza on the table …

What did you have?

We opted for two pizzas from the savoury menu - the number three and the number 10. The first, with shredded beef brisket, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes, was my favourite; the beef soft and rich, the fresh tomatoes popped on top after cooking and perfect for a sunny day (that counts as salad, right?). The second came with garlic chicken breast, mozzarella, thin-sliced chorizo, roasted red peppers and garlic olive oil - another winner, packed with garlic punch.

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A side of seasoned fries went down a treat too; the thin, crispy kind coated in salt and fresh herbs, packing enough flavour that you won’t automatically reach for the ketchup.

Both pizzas had a thinner, crispier base than other places proving popular in Glasgow at the minute, but that’s no criticism - it’s different, but good, and feels like a lighter option. And that’s needed if you’re going to move on to another course.

It’s not often that I say this, but this visit was all about the dessert. Romans had just launched their dessert pizza menu that morning, and we weren’t the only ones indulging. Of course, we tried three of them (and couldn’t finish them, I should add), just to be sure that they were worth the visit. And they are.

The banana-stuffed crust pizza with biscuit spread, toffee ice cream and caramel sauce was as good, banana flavours shining through from a brilliant sweet pizza crust.

But the unanimous favourite around the table was the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup pizza - a brilliant combo of salty and sweet, with drizzled peanut butter, milk and dark chocolate and salted peanuts sprinkled on top.

You might need to the hit the gym for a week to shift just one of these - but believe me, it’s worth it for an extremely guilty-but-good treat.

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What else is there?

That’s pretty much it, readers - Romans sticks to what it knows with a simple menu of pizzas savoury and sweet, along with fries and salad. You can try a few offbeat combos, like cauliflower and cous cous pizza or roasted pineapple with figs and blue cheese - but otherwise, you’re looking at a list of crowd pleasers.

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The verdict?

At £7-£8.50 a pizza, a visit to Romans won’t break the bank - and if you’re a sweet kind of person then this is the place for you, for the novelty, and for the sheer weight and girth of those dessert pizzas.